The following
information can help businesses, communities, groups and individuals
find funding to install renewable energy technologies and reduce
energy consumption:
The Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme is Scotland-wide, with
funding of £2 million from April 2009 to March 2011. It
builds on the success of the Scottish Biomass Support Scheme
which ran in the financial year 2007/08. This time however,
the scheme will provide grants of up to £100,000 for the
installation of biomass heating systems in small-medium scale
enterprises (SMEs). The Scottish Government is also keen to
encourage the development of district heating, and would particularly
welcome applications for district heating demonstrators from
private developers. More details about the scheme can be found
at this website.
Energy Saving Scotland - small business loans
provides loans from £1,000 to £100,000 at 0% fixed
interest to help businesses install measures that reduce energy
consumption or to install renewable energy technologies. Further
information and the application form are available from the
energy saving trust website.
The Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) is a
£1.6 billion programme of economic, environmental and
social measures designed to develop rural Scotland over the
next six years. Individuals and groups may seek support to help
deliver the Government's strategic objectives in rural Scotland.
The specific options that would be of interest are Renewable
Energy - Agriculture, Renewable Energy – Forestry, Support
for renewable energy – Non Land Based and LEADER. More
information is available at this website.
The Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative
(SCHRI) is funded by the Scottish Government and provides
funding to householders and advice and funding to communities.
The household stream is managed by the Energy Saving Trust and
the community stream is jointly managed by the Energy Saving
Trust and Community
Energy Scotland.
Community Stream: SCHRI provides grants of up to £100,000
for communities and has a network of development officers who
can provide support and advice to the communities throughout
the installation process. Follow the link for your local development
officer's contact
details.
Household Stream: SCHRI provides grants to householders
of up to 30% of the costs to a maximum of £4,000. The
installer and product must be accredited.
The technologies available for funding are:
solar photovoltaic
micro hydro-electric
micro wind
solar water heating
solar space heating
automated wood fuel heating systems (boilers and room heaters/stoves)
heat pumps (ground, air and water source)
connections to the Lerwick District Heating Network
More information can be found by clicking here.
These and other grant schemes can be found on the Energy
Saving Trust website.
